Ethnoveterinary uses of medicinal plants: A survey of plants used in the ethnoveterinary control of gastro-intestinal parasites of goats in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 697-702

  Maphosa, Viola ^a   Masika, Patrick Julius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ethnoveterinary; Goats; Helminthiasis; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALOE; ALOE ARBORESCENS; ALOE FEROX; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; BULBINE ABYSSINICA; BULBINE FRUTESCENS; BULBINE LATIFOLIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; GASTERIA BICOLOR; GOAT DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; INTESTINE PARASITE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH AFRICA; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ADULT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GOAT; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; VETERINARY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GOATS; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77952920188     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880200903260879     Document Type: Article

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